Collection N/C/11 - OFFORD ROAD CHAPEL, ISLINGTON

Identity area

Reference code

N/C/11

Title

OFFORD ROAD CHAPEL, ISLINGTON

Date(s)

  • 1899-1934 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.36 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Offord Road Congregational Chapel was founded in 1855 by a group from a neighbouring chapel in Twyford Street. The chapel was built in 1856. Evan Lewis was the minister 1868-1869. The chapel seated 800 in 1884. Attendance in 1903 was 130 in the morning and 138 in the evening. The chapel closed in 1918 and the building was used as a warehouse.

Source: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 8: Islington and Stoke Newington parishes (1985), pp. 101-115.

Archival history

N/C/11 1899-1934 Collection 0.36 linear metres Congregational Church of England and Wales

Offord Road Congregational Chapel was founded in 1855 by a group from a neighbouring chapel in Twyford Street. The chapel was built in 1856. Evan Lewis was the minister 1868-1869. The chapel seated 800 in 1884. Attendance in 1903 was 130 in the morning and 138 in the evening. The chapel closed in 1918 and the building was used as a warehouse.

Source: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 8: Islington and Stoke Newington parishes (1985), pp. 101-115.

Deposited in 1964 (AC/64/48).

Records of Offord Road Congregational Chapel comprising register of marriages, 1899 - 1917; accounts ledgers, 1900-1934; annual reports, 1922-1923 and plan and elevation of new entrance to school, 1905.

Registers; Accounts; Reports; Plans.

Available for general access.

Copyright: Depositor
English

Fit

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. January to March 2009 Buildings Religious buildings Chapels Nonconformist chapels Religions Ancient religions Christianity Protestantism Protestant nonconformity Congregationalism Organisation and management Administration Church administration Visual materials Plans Building plans Primary documents Church records and registers Information sources Documents Parish records Marriage registers Architecture Nonconformists Protestants Christians Religious groups Congregationalists Protestant nonconformists Religion Churches Offord Road Congregational Chapel , Islington Islington (district) Islington London England UK Western Europe Europe Legal documents Nonconformity

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Deposited in 1964 (AC/64/48).

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of Offord Road Congregational Chapel comprising register of marriages, 1899 - 1917; accounts ledgers, 1900-1934; annual reports, 1922-1923 and plan and elevation of new entrance to school, 1905.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Registers; Accounts; Reports; Plans.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright: Depositor

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

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Finding aids

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Institution identifier

London Metropolitan Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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